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Hypnosis, Dream, Sleep
For three hours I slept and dreamt in the Berkeley Art Museum. Whenever I had a dream, I would sing it into an amplification system.
Objects in the environment:
Chicken feathers
Cooked food
Uncooked chicken
A foam pad
Sheets
A baby…
Objects in the environment:
Chicken feathers
Cooked food
Uncooked chicken
A foam pad
Sheets
A baby…
Rose Mountain Walking Club
I formed a walking club, sent out announcements and gave tours of San Francisco. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
Living Art: Time Spent Artfully Alone or Not Alone
For four days, Pauline Oliveros, Nina Wise and I lived together and called that time art. Each of us had a separate environment and we laid motionless for long periods of time in the environment. (Montano 1981, pages unnumbered)
A Sonorous Monologue
No description available.
Machine Sex
Machine Sex was done at a Chevron gas station, shortly after an OPEC price rise. I had built this de-manufacturing machine that was like a giant food processor, called The Shredder, It was made out of a big triangular shaped drum, with a plexi-gears…
Epidemic of Fear: The Relief of Mass Hysteria Through Expression of Senseless Jungle Hate
No description availabe.
Survival Research Laboratories Views with Regret: The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force
This live event featured all new equipment, of an even more massive scale than previous SRL works, including the debut of the 30-foot-long Stairway to Hell and a bevy of numerous male robots. Also appearing was the Autonomous Crazy Machine, a ramming…
A Cruel and Relentless Plot to Pervert the Flesh of Beasts to Unholy Uses
A parable of re-animated flesh, highlighted with fires of varying origin. Our most technically advanced show yet. Featuring a wide range of iconoclastic imagery: the huge Billy Graham robot, real robotized mummies, a military-type CO2 laser, a Mobile…
Fiery Presentation of Dangerous and Disturbing Stunt Phenomena
SRL machine operators ride through flaming tubs of gasoline, detonate bombs attached to their bodies, fire hand-held Flamethowers as a robot fuck machine with an expanding and deflating rubber head mates with a huge black bag in its flaming pen. A…
An Unfortunate Spectacle of Violent Self-Distruction
An Unfortunate Spectacle of Violent Self-Destruction was more intense, and very, very, dangerous. Besides using a lot of different machines, I employed a wide variety of weapons, and the most extreme array of explosives I could think of, or at least…